Brexit Border Checks Will Cost Taxpayers At Least £4.7 Billion, Report Reveals

Post-Brexit border checks will end up costing taxpayers at least £4.7 billion, according to a damning report by the public spending watchdog.

The National Audit Office said the government had delayed the implementation of full import controls no fewer than five times since the UK finally quit the European Union.

And they said it was “still not clear” when the new arrangements will be in place, more than three years after the end of the post-Brexit transition period.

The NAO report said...